Problem with conversion currency through Spotlight and Calculator app

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rickecent Author

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Problem with conversion currency through Spotlight and Calculator app

Hello!

I have a problem with converting currency through Spotlight and Calculator app.

Calculator converts currencies at the old rate of 2012. And Spotlight doesn't convert currency at all.

I use macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G66) on a MacBook Pro 2017.

Unfortunately OS update is not for me. I can't use higher macOS versions because I work with high consuming apps and I barely can use them on higher OS. Also I tried to launch my MacBook in a Safe Mode or from a different user account, it didn't work out.

I would really like to continue use all the functions that was delivered with my Mac. I need your help. Maybe I can change something in a Calculator .plist file or use some terminal command to force update synchronisation with finance.yahoo.com? Would appreciate any thoughts how to solve this problem

Posted on Oct 7, 2021 5:19 AM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

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Oct 7, 2021 4:05 PM in response to rickecent

I just attempted to open the Calculator > Convert > Currency… panel in Calculator on macOS 10.13.6 (17G14042), and on the first try, it crashed, and all subsequent attempts when clicking that menu selection simply are ignored without the app crashing.

My best guess is that the link that Apple was using to get currency updates from Yahoo! in the Calculator app was changed, and no longer can contact the Yahoo! financial server. As High Sierra went out of support in Fall 2020, this would not have been fixed by Apple, and there will be no fix with the Apple Calculator on High Sierra now.

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VikingOSX

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Oct 8, 2021 1:55 PM in response to rickecent

However, once Apple no longer supports an operating system, anything can go wrong from expired security certificates to Yahoo! changing the connectivity scheme to their finance server. These are usually issues that Apple simply cannot fix as they lack control over these external dependencies, and their resources are tied up in the current and future operating system efforts.

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dialabrain

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Oct 7, 2021 5:34 AM in response to rickecent

If you can't get your issue resolved you may want to look at PCalc from the App Store.

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BDAqua

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Oct 7, 2021 6:04 PM in response to VikingOSX

I think you're right just tried Convert currency in 10.13.6, no crashing at all, but just no response when I click that, other conversions work fine.

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rickecent Author

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Oct 8, 2021 1:27 PM in response to VikingOSX

Hello. Thank you for your guess!

I had the same thought, something changed with the finance Yahoo service. I tried to copy files that contents "finance" or "yahoo" keywords from Catalina OS calculator to my High Sierra, but it didn't help.

I found many complaints online about this issue with the currency converter, but still didn't find a solution. People faced this problem on El Capitan, Sierra and even Mojave (before 003 security update)

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rickecent Author

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Oct 7, 2021 3:46 PM in response to dialabrain

Thank you. But mostly I need an integration between spotlight and currency converter to put currency to the spotlight and get result fast

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rickecent Author

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Oct 8, 2021 1:39 PM in response to BDAqua

Yes, it seems every OS below Mojave has this problem. I wrote an email to Apple support. I think it's not ok if users who don't want to update should lose the basic functionality of their OS

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